MUC6 gene polymorphism in healthy individuals and in gastric cancer patients from northern Portugal

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1071-1074

  Garcia, Elsa ^a   Carvalho, Filipa ^a   Amorim, António ^a   David, Leonor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PORTUGAL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031440067     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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